But the issue for me is that then they couldn't worship baal. Becuase baal worship required a specific kind of child sacrifice where they would place the child on baals hands. Baal would be heated so that the kid would be fried or boiled to death.
And the Bull was as much a symbol of might everywhere. Egypt had the Apis bull and Canaan had Baal who in one myth mates with a bull and produced offspring
If it were baal, it would not be gold, maybe bronze?
They were fresh off the Exodus with a bunch of Egyptian gold which is why I assume they went that way with it
But the issue for me is that then they couldn't worship baal. Becuase baal worship required a specific kind of child sacrifice where they would place the child on baals hands. Baal would be heated so that the kid would be fried or boiled to death.
And the Bull was as much a symbol of might everywhere. Egypt had the Apis bull and Canaan had Baal who in one myth mates with a bull and produced offspring